The International Collaboration to Extend and Advance Grid Education

Abstract

Recent advances in technology have created a new class of small, low-cost, low-power, and intelligent sensor devices with sensing, computation, and wireless communication capabilities. In the future, such intelligent sensor devices may be extensively embedded into our living environment.

Wireless sensor networks and sensor Grids are exciting emerging technologies with great potential to revolutionize many segments of the economy and our life. In this talk, I will introduce the concept of wireless sensor networks and outline some of their important applications. I will also explain the concept of sensor Grids, which extend the Grid computing paradigm to the sharing of sensor resources in wireless sensor networks. Finally, I will discuss the relevance of wireless sensor networks and sensor Grids to the future IT landscape in Singapore.

Biodata

Dr. Lim Hock Beng is program director of the Intelligent Systems Centre at Nanyang Technological University. He received his BS in Computer Engineering, MS in Electrical Engineering, and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. His research interests include sensor networks and Grids, parallel and distributed computing, wireless and mobile networks, embedded systems, computer architecture, performance evaluation, and information security.

Registration

Admission is Free. All are Welcome. register by 1500 hours on 9 November 2006.

C1: Introduction to Grid Computing & the National Grid Pilot Platform
15 November 2006, 0900 - 1200 hours

Objective of Course :

To provide grid administrators and users with an understanding of the concept of Grid Computing, and on how to join and use the grid resources available on the National Grid Pilot Platform (NGPP).

Course Outline :

• What is the Grid?
• Grid Applications & Middleware
• NGPP, Procedures & How-to
• Joining NGPP
• Accessing & Using NGPP resources

Audience : Users & Grid Administrators Instruction Type : Lecture No Show Fee : A charge of $50 will be levied if the attendee does not turn up for the course, or cancels his application for the course within 24 hours from the start time.

This is a FREE course and registration is on a first-come-first-served basis as seats are limited.

Date :	15 November 2006
Time :	0900 - 1200 hours
Venue :	The Big One, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119613

To register, fill up the registration form below to 6872-1361, or email the information required to vasu@ngp.org.sg

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GEU-1: Introduction to Globus Toolkit 3.0
15 November 2006, 1300 - 1600 hours

Objective of Course:

To provide grid administrators the capability to setup and maintain a Globus Grid resource and how to integrate it with the National Grid Pilot Platform (NGPP).

Course Outline:

• The Globus Toolkit 3.0
• How to setup a Globus Grid Node
• Basic software required
• Setting up the CA (if required)
• Setting up Globus Toolkit
• Additional software (e.g. NWS, MyProxy, Condor-G)
• Integration with NGPP

Audience: Grid Administrators
Instruction Type: Workshop

Prequisites for this workshop:

a) Must have attended Course C1, or
b) Have relevant experience in the area covered by the course. Determination of relevance of experience will be assessed by the NGCC team, and will be handled on a case by case basis.
c) Must bring along a laptop with at least 512MB RAM
No Show Fee: A charge of $50 will be levied if the attendee does not turn up for the course, or cancels his application for the course within 24 hours from the start time.

This is a FREE course and registration is on a first-come-first-served basis as seats are limited.

Date :	15 November 2006
Time :	1300 - 1600 hours
Venue :	The Big One, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119613

To register, fill up the registration form below to 6872-1361, or email the information required to vasu@ngp.org.sg

C2: Introduction to Access Grid
26 October 2006, 0900 - 1100 hours

Objective of Course:

To provide a comprehensive introduction to Access Grid technology and its uses, and how Singapore has adopted it.

Course Outline:

• What is Access Grid?
• Components of an Access Grid
• Access Grid node
• Venue Server
• How Access Grid has been used worldwide
• Singapore's AG node

Aims

Audience: Users and System Administrators
Instruction Type: Lecture
No Show Fee: A charge of $50 will be levied if the attendee does not turn up for the course, or cancels his application for the course within 24 hours from the start time.

This is a FREE course and registration is on a first-come-first-served basis as seats are limited.

Date :	26th October 2006
Time :	0900 - 1100 hours
Venue :	The Big One, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119613

Please register at http://webapp.ngp.org.sg/26C26102006a/ or email at vasu@ngp.org.sg

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AGSA-2: Setting up an Access Grid (Adv)
26 October 2006, 1500 - 1700 hours

Objective of Course:

To provide a better understanding of an Advanced Access Grid node, a description of how to go about setting up such a node.

Course Outline:

• Definitions of Access Grid nodes
• Parts of an Advanced Access Grid node
• Setting up an Advanced AG node
• Hardware requirements/considerations
• Audio/Visual equipment considerations
• Installation steps
• Sharing session: experiences of an actual setup

Audience : System Administrators
Instruction Type : Lecture

Prequisites for this workshop:

a) Must have attended Course C2 & AGSA-1, or
b) Have relevant experience in setting up an Access Grid node (PIG). The applicant will be required to describe his relevant experience(s), which will be accessed by the NGCC team and will be handled on a case by case basis.
No Show Fee: A charge of $50 will be levied if the attendee does not turn up for the course, or cancels his application for the course within 24 hours from the start time.

This is a FREE course and registration is on a first-come-first-served basis seats are limited

Please register at http://webapp.ngp.org.sg/28C26102006c/ or email at vasu@ngp.org.sg

Description:

This course covers a broad range of topics related to distributed and cluster computing. Distributed systems consist of a collection of computers connected by a network. The computers in a distributed system run special software that allows them to transparently share computing resources and data. We will read and discuss recent and classic research papers on the theory and implementation of distributed and cluster computing systems. In addition, students will have the opportunity to examine one or two topics in depth through a class presentation of a specific topic and through a semester-long project related to distributed computing. Possible topics include networking, parallel programming paradigms, distributed state, distributed coordination and agreement, fault tolerance, authentication and security, scheduling, load balancing, distributed file systems, Web computing, the Grid, peer-to-peer systems, cluster systems, distributed operating systems, and distributed database systems.

The department's new gigabit cluster is available for course programming assignments and projects.

1 credit.

Next offered spring 2008. Newhall.

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